India

 Cola controversy lesson for media management

the day after Union health minister Anbumani Ramadoss told Parliament that the Centre for Science and Environment's (cse's) exhaustive study on carbonated beverages was "inconclusive', the Delhi

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29/09/2006
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 Stars' tantrums on cola controversy

Cola Controversy

Publication Date: 
14/09/2006
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 ONLINE

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14/09/2006
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 Scientists to vouch for cola companies

Top Indian scientists may get a chance to do an Amitabh Bachchan or a Shah Rukh Khan, if cola firms have their way. Sensing that their regular brand ambassadors may not be enough to extricate them

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 Ramadoss does a turnaround on cola controversy

On August 22, 2006, Union health minister Anbumani Ramadoss virtually gave a clean chit to the cola companies. Within 24 hours, the minister had to issue disclaimers. Ramadoss's initial reactions

Publication Date: 
14/09/2006
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Food Contamination, Soft Drinks, Coca Cola, PepsiCo, Pesticide Residues, Media, Advertising, High Court, CSE, India, Kerala
Industry

 Divert, deny, dismiss and damn

What a line of attack! PepsiCo, in its advertisements to deny that it had pesticides in its drinks, said that there were more pesticides in tea, eggs, rice and apples. Coca Cola, in its defence, has

Publication Date: 
14/09/2006
Sunita Narain
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India

 States take the fizz out of cola

Centre for Science and Environment's latest findings on pesticides in soft drinks (see

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30/08/2006
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Pesticides And Toxins

The real thing

Sunita Narain, an Indian environmentalist, has dented two of the world's glossiest brands : a report.

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24/08/2006
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Pesticides

The battle hardens

Pesticide residue norms: Cola majors yet to clean up their act, govt drags its feet.

Publication Date: 
21/08/2006
Raj Chengappa
India Today (New Delhi)
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Soft Drinks Industry, CSE, India, Pesticides, Coca Cola, PepsiCo, Parliament, Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC), CSE Study, Pesticide Residues, Food Adulteration, Bureau Of Indian Standards (BIS), Gujarat, Punjab, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Kerala, Karnataka, Sunita Narain
Industry

 The street fight

Our world changed a little when we published the study on pesticide residues in soft drinks. In the work we do, fights go with the territory. We need to challenge institutions

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14/08/2006
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